The most recent kernel: Plague of Fives, and fatally inefficient networking

[Sérgio Basto]

On Qui, 2015-09-24 at 15:27 -0400, Temlakos wrote:
> Everyone:
> 
> This morning I updated to the latest kernel. And promptly shut down
> and rebooted the immediate previous kernel, which is the Last Known
> Good.

what kernel ? 
> 
> Here's why:
> 
> 1. The kernel, once again, is prone to an annoying flaw: it produces a
> Plague of Fives. Any time a text box opens up, a string of repeated
> digits 5 appears. The only way to shut it off is to type "5" again.
> 
> 2. The computer became almost inaccessible to other computers on the
> network. File sharing slowed to a totally unacceptable crawl.
> 
> This last was a critical error. And of course it never occurred to me
> to suspect the kernel. That is, until I saw the Plague of Fives
> return.
> 
> No, kernel group! Do not tell me I have a problem with a sticking 5
> key. If that were the problem, then pressing Shift would change
> "55555555555..." to 5555555555%%%%%%..." It doesn't. More to the
> point, the Plague of Fives tended to go away with the next iteration
> of the kernel.
> 
> Well, I'm not going to wait that long. I'm not going to use this
> version of the kernel. I will wait for someone to push another one.
> 
> Because when I reverted to the Last Known Good, the Plague of Fives
> disappeared, and the network file-share problem resolved.
> 
> Temlakos
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Sérgio M. B.